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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: startselect on September 02, 2016, 12:29:36 pm

Title: Skeleton colors [C&C]
Post by: startselect on September 02, 2016, 12:29:36 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/omaSoc7.gif)
I made a skeleton, it looks a bit wonky because it needs to fit with my paperdoll system for equipment to be properly animated and I'm fine with that. But I think it looks a bit to green, I want it to look old and dirty but I don't quite get that feeling from this.
Looking at references other than pixelart, how do you guys go about "picking" or extracting a color ramp from that when there are thousands of colors. Is there som average-over-area tool I could use?

Thanx!
Title: Re: Skeleton colors [C&C]
Post by: MysteryMeat on September 02, 2016, 12:59:45 pm
There are color ramp services, yes. I usually use this one here: http://www.pixelfor.me/crc/F0000032

As for color choices, old dirty bones tend to get stained more of a yellowish color, like here:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c3/65/8e/c3658edb1449adb99ead15565ea659c4.jpg)
Title: Re: Skeleton colors [C&C]
Post by: had0c on September 02, 2016, 02:17:53 pm
Quote from: MysteryMeat on September 02, 2016, 12:59:45 pm
There are color ramp services, yes. I usually use this one here: http://www.pixelfor.me/crc/F0000032

As for color choices, old dirty bones tend to get stained more of a yellowish color, like here:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c3/65/8e/c3658edb1449adb99ead15565ea659c4.jpg)

haha i use the same one.. but for skeletons you can go pretty crazy . White gray green yellow brown blue they all work. (http://i.imgur.com/tI0TZmS.png)

Depending on the look of the game or project you are working on i would just add more contrast to the skeleton  (http://i.imgur.com/6Q4zQdR.png)
Title: Re: Skeleton colors [C&C]
Post by: BadMoodTaylor on September 02, 2016, 04:45:10 pm
Quote from: MysteryMeat on September 02, 2016, 12:59:45 pm
There are color ramp services, yes. I usually use this one here: http://www.pixelfor.me/crc/F0000032

Wow! That palette chooser looks sweet. Can't wait to play with it—maybe it will make me feel like a real artist  :D
Title: Re: Skeleton colors [C&C]
Post by: startselect on September 15, 2016, 06:00:23 am
Thx for the feedback! Posterizer was the tool I was looking for but didn't know the name of to get average colors from source images. I tried it on the part of the image with the human skull and ended up with a color gradient that I then tweaked by hand anyway. This is the result:
(http://i.imgur.com/mjEce5I.gif)
Might end up bleaching it some more though, what do you think?